Western International drills Arizona copper
Reverse circulation drilling has started on Western International Explorations’ (CDN) Stray Elephant copper property in Arizona. The 8,000-ft., 30-hole program, which is testing for extensions of know…
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Even studies Saudi copper project
A copper deposit in Saudi Arabia will be the focus of a prefeasibility study by Even Resources (VSE). The junior selected the project for detailed review after evaluating various mineral projects in t…
Westminer drilling Chibougamau bet
A drill hole by Westminer Canada on Greater Lenora Resources’ (TSE) Lac Anctil gold property near Chibougamau, Que., has intersected two shear zones with anomalous gold values. Hole LA-93-4 contained …
Another round of results for Casino
Drilling on the Casino property in the southern Yukon is continuing. Vancouver-listed Pacific Sentinel Gold has four rigs operating as part of a $7.2-million program to delineate a large porphyry copp…
`Improper motivation’ main cause of accidents
Last year, 2,800 mining accidents were reported to the Ontario Workers’ Compensation Board. That is equivalent to 15.5 accidents requiring medical aid for every 200,000 employee hours worked, accordin…
Gignac details Omai operations
Details of the new Omai gold mine in Guyana were presented by the president of Cambior at a recent luncheon of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum in Toronto. Louis Gignac said …
Program yields positive results from Aurizon’s La Reyna
A $200,000 exploration program has yielded encouraging results at Aurizon Mines’ (TSE) La Reyna copper-gold property in the western Mexican state of Sinaloa. A northeasterly-trending soil anomaly, 4,0…
Cambiex closes public offering
Montreal-based Cambiex Exploration has closed its initial public offering of 5,000 units at $1,000 per unit. Each unit consists of 800 flow-through common shares and 200 common shares at $1 per share….
TVX Gold reports lower earnings in first quarter of 1993
Temporary refining problems at the La Coipa mine in northern Chile have resulted in lower first-quarter earnings of US$2 million (2 cents per share) for TVX Gold (TSE) compared with US$3.1 million (2 …
ODDS’N’SODS — First chew a lasting memory
Steve, my boss, kidded me on my first day at the drill rig: “If you want to be a driller, you have to chew snoose.” I declined a can of Wintergreen Skoal but decided that someday I’d try it. I loved t…
Repadre Capital acquires NSR royalty on B.C.’s Golden Bear
Toronto-based Repadre Capital (VSE) has signed a letter of intent with Wheaton River Minerals (TSE) giving the former a net smelter return (NSR) royalty on all mineral production from North American M…
DIAMOND PAGE — Overseas… KWG signs letter
KWG Resources (ME) has signed a letter of intent to buy 50% in four concessions in the municipality of Coromandel, Brazil, for US$1.8 million. One of the concessions, Charneca, produced diamonds value…